Kitchen
The real-time kitchen display, prep stations and printed kitchen tickets.
How to open and use the kitchen display on a TV
Open the kitchen display on a TV or a tablet at the station and watch orders arrive on their own: link, password, what each card shows and how to mark READY.
How to create prep stations and give each one a display
Learn to create prep stations in qmen.us: each grill, bar or pastry station becomes a kitchen with its own display, password and a queue of only its items.
How the default kitchen sends each item to the right station
See how an item's default kitchen sends each order to the right station's display: grill, bar and pastry get only what's theirs, with no paper.
How to mark an item READY on the kitchen screen
Learn to mark an item ready on the kitchen display: one tap marks the line done, tells the waiter instantly and shows the guest their order is ready.
How to set the kitchen display password
Set the display password for each kitchen in qmen.us, see it in the Dashboard when you forget it and keep the wall screen signed in all through service.
How to use the lite kitchen display on an old TV
Open the lite kitchen display on an old TV or tablet: the same order queue on a simple page that doesn't freeze, with READY? on screen and live updates.
How to track your orders' average prep time
Track the day's average prep time against your house target on the qmen.us Dashboard: see where the clock starts and stops, and how to bring the number down.
An order preparing in the kitchen: how it gets to Served
See how an order preparing in the kitchen becomes Ready, then Served: who taps each button, what changes on the display and what the guest sees at the table.
How to show your animated menu on the dining-room TV
Turn on the ready orders screen's screensaver: the dining-room TV plays your menu animated in 5 styles, and a ready order always shows up first.
How to call out ready orders on the dining-room TV
Turn on the ready orders screen: the dining-room TV shows what the kitchen finished, with the day's order number, a sound alert and a voice calling each one.
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